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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, June 9) — For the past three days, the number of

‘fresh’ COVID-19 cases reported daily surpassed the 300-mark, but the Health
Department on Tuesday raised the possibility these are actually "late" cases.

Fresh cases refers to those whose test results were validated in the last three days.
Late cases refer to those whose results came out four days ago or more but were just
recently confirmed

"Iyong iba sa fresh COVID-19 cases maaaring late lang dahil we used as basis for
these fresh cases the release of test results kasi di kompleto nilalagay sa CIF na onset
of illness," Health spokesperson Maria Rosario Vergeire told a media forum.

[Translation: Some of the fresh COVID-19 cases could be late because we used as
basis for these fresh cases the release of test results because the data put by testing
centers on the CIF (case investigation form) was incomplete and did not include the
onset of illness.]

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